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Tech Hacks

How to copy text from an image on any device

Some of your devices can read text on an image.

Four male common fruit flies in a chain trying to mate with each other after being exposed to ozone air pollution
Biology

Horny male fruit flies plunge into chaos when exposed to air pollution

Ozone makes male fruit flies less attractive to females, but more attractive to each other.

Colon cancer shown in abdominal X-ray in red, blue, and green
Cancer

Colon cancer cases in younger generations are rising. When should you get screened?

Virtual colonoscopies and at-home tests are making check-ups a little more comfortable.

MQ-9 Reaper in flight
Air Force

What to know about the MQ-9 Reaper, the drone the US just lost over the Black Sea

It was "intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft," according to an Air Force general. These are the basics of the incident—and the Reaper.

A good night’s sleep could help vaccines work better
Vaccines

A good night’s sleep could help vaccines work better

Get those zzz’s for immunity.

Hands typing on laptop keyboard with screen displaying ChatGPT homepage
AI

The next version of ChatGPT is live—here’s what’s new

The release comes as Microsoft also revealed that users are already interacting with the new AI via Bing.

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AI

Your next Gmail or Google Doc could be written with help from AI

Here are the new features the company is planning launch across its key products and services.

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AI

Microsoft lays off entire AI ethics team while going all out on ChatGPT

A new report indicates Microsoft will expand AI products, but axe the people who make them ethical.

Gorillas like to scramble their brains by spinning around really fast
Wildlife

Gorillas like to scramble their brains by spinning around really fast

Humans aren't the only animals that want to get tipsy.

Pile of plastic materials for recycling
AI

Sorting and recycling plastic is notoriously hard—but this AI could help

Barely 5 percent of all plastic intended for recycling facilities ends up in a new product.

A person using the Apple Notes app on an iPhone.
Tech Hacks

Write these down: the best note-taking apps for your phone

Turn your smartphone into a digital notepad.

Poop emoji covered in soap bubbles on a light blue background
Agriculture

Your poop is useful. Meet the father-son team creating ‘humanure.’

Why does Americans' poop rot in landfills when it could be fertilizing farms and parks?

Hera asteroid space probe radio antenna in ESA lab
Deep Space

DART left an asteroid crime scene. This mission is on deck to investigate it.

Hera will retrace history's first asteroid-deflection test and piece together the crash from every angle.

Moonlight will help inspire a Danish church’s wildlife-friendly design
Pollution

Moonlight will help inspire a Danish church’s wildlife-friendly design

The moon's phases will determine how much light the building should actually use.

the steering yoke on a lexus EV
Electric Vehicles

This new Lexus EV offers an aircraft-like steering wheel. Here’s what it’s like to use.

The RZ 450e is Lexus's first electric vehicle—check out its futuristic steering wheel.

Backlit radio dial showing the marker running through different stations and frequencies
Electric Vehicles

Emergency officials sound the alarm on electric vehicles dropping AM radio

EV propulsion systems cause AM radio interference, but experts maintain easy access to the stations are still vital.

Person on a New York City subway train texting on their phone.
Tech Hacks

7 secure messaging apps you should be using

You might want to rethink your favorite messaging app and opt for something more secure.

A stinky, 5,000-mile-long wad of seaweed is about to gunk up Florida’s beaches
Ocean

A stinky, 5,000-mile-long wad of seaweed is about to gunk up Florida’s beaches

Spring break could really get wild (and smelly) this year.

Atomic structure image of Mycobacterium smegmatis Huc enzyme
Technology

This common bacteria is teaching scientists how to turn air into energy

A safe cousin of tuberculosis can turn hydrogen into its own fuel. Scientists have finally figured out how it works.

Fungus gnat on a white flower petal
Insects

Flies evolved before dinosaurs—and survived an apocalyptic world after the Permian extinction

Tiny, short-lived gnats may be tougher than they seem.